Overview, Vendor Selection FALSC and Florida’s public postsecondary libraries are in the process of a transition to a next-generation ILS. This multi-year effort marks the largest transition to an integrated academic library catalog/discovery system in Florida’s history.

In 2015, the Next-Gen ILS Task Force, with representatives from FALSC and college and university libraries, recommended Innovative Interfaces as the new system vendor. In 2016, negotiations were completed, and a contract was with Innovative was signed. Work on developing, configuring, and testing the new system will continue throughout 2017 and into 2018. FALSC plans to implement the Sierra ILS and Encore Duet discovery interface in the summer of 2018.

Framework, Group Effort Hundreds of individuals from around the state are involved in the implementation process. The framework includes: a high-level Steering Committee, an Implementation Team, nine Working Groups comprised of library practitioners, Discussion Groups to ensure broad participation and communication throughout all stakeholder levels, and an ILS Coordinator from each institution. Specially created discussion lists and wikis facilitate communication within and among the many groups involved in this project.